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<h1 align="center"><em><font color="#000066">Overview</font></em></h1>
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<p><font color="#000000">The Malware Helper Workflow Tool was written by Billy 
  O'Neal in 2008 to aid HijackThis team members in saving and using preset 'speeches' 
  in order to produce useful and detailed instructions for people that have posted 
  for help for malware removal. This is done by creating an extremely easy to 
  navigate interface that is able to not only combine the speeches together at 
  a helper's click, but also allows for extra information to be stored about each 
  user (such as current issues, logs, notes, etc.) so that the malware helper 
  can interact with the user on a more personal level.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">In 2009, development of this program was taken over by 
  Aommaster, who further added features such as the BBCode to HTML parser, multi-select 
  list boxes and timers to count how long since the last user's post. Also, additional 
  customization features were added such as the ability to change what the </font><a href="Menu%20Bar/Topics/CreateEditTopic.htm#Results">log 
  summary</a><font color="#000000"> looks like through the <a href="Menu%20Bar/Tools/GlobalSettings.htm">Global Settings</a>.</font></p>
<p>Upon the first startup of the program, two elements are created; a file called 
  <strong>data.db</strong> and a registry entry located at <strong>HKey_Current_User\SOFTWARE\BillyOneal\MHWT</strong>. 
  The <font color="#FF0000"><font color="#000000">two elements are explained below:</font></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><u>data.db:</u> This file stores all program information 
  from speeches, user information, and customization information (such as greeting 
  messages, log formats, etc.). This is an essential part of the program. Without 
  it, the Malware Helper Workflow Tool is unable to function.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><u>Registry Key:</u> This key stored window position 
  and size information, so that when the program is re-opened, previous sizing 
  information is recalled and windows open at the same size they were set to open 
  at. This is not a vital element, and hence, if the registry cannot be written 
  to, it won't affect the overall running of the program.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">The consequence of using such few elements is that the 
  Malware Helper Workflow Tool is portable. As long as the helper moves their 
  data.db file along with the program, the program can run on any computer using 
  the .NET framework.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">During the first run of the program, an error message 
  shown below will be displayed:</font></p>
<p><img src="Images/StartupError.jpg" alt="Startup Error Message" width="419" height="166"></p>
<p><font color="#000000">It will also be followed by a message box with the address 
  of the database. This is normal during the first run of the program, where it 
  creates the database (data.db) file.</font></p>
<p><font color="#000000">A screenshot of the main window is shown below:</font></p>
<p><img src="Images/Main.jpg" alt="Main Window" width="598" height="422"></p>
<p>Once the database has been created, you can run the MHWT. Note that on the 
  first run, the following input box will be displayed:</p>
<p><img src="Images/FullMode.jpg" alt="Full Mode" width="365" height="152"></p>
<p>You can enter the full-mode key that will be present on the private staff forums 
  to unlock the <a href="C:%5CUsers%5CFai%5CDesktop%5CProgramming%5CMY%20COPY%20MHWT%5Ctrunk%5CHelp%20Files%5CMenu%20Bar%5CTools%5CSyntaxGuide.htm">syntax 
  guide</a>. Note that no other program functionality is lost if full mode is 
  not enabled.</p>
<p>If you are a malware removal student, you can begin using the MHWT with full 
  mode disabled. Once you have graduated, you can obtain the full-mode key and 
  enable full-mode by clicking <strong>Help</strong> &gt; <strong>Enable Full-Mode</strong>.</p>
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